Table 1.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants.

Characteristics	Level		Conversion		p value
		Total, n = 516 n (%)	Yes, n = 435 n (%)	No, n = 81 n (%)
Category of district of study	High TSR	115 (22.3)	96 (22.1)	19 (23.5)	0.896
	Low TSR	401 (77.7)	339 (77.9)	62 (76.5)
Type of health facility	Government	459 (89.0)	394 (90.6)	65 (80.2)	0.011
	Private-not-for profit	57 (11.0)	41 (9.4)	16 (19.8)
Year of TB treatment	2015	184 (35.7)	154 (35.4)	30 (37.0)	0.988
	2016	95 (18.4)	81 (18.6)	14 (17.3)
	2017	126 (24.4)	106 (24.4)	20 (24.7)
	2018	111 (21.5)	94 (21.6)	17 (21.0)
Level of health facility	Health Center IV	185 (35.9)	157 (36.1)	28 (34.6)	0.178
	District hospital	108 (20.9)	85 (19.5)	23 (28.4)
	Referral hospital	223 (43.2)	193 (44.4)	30 (37.0)
Location of health facility	Rural	127 (24.6)	99 (22.8)	28 (34.6)	0.034
	Peri-urban	389 (75.4)	336 (77.2)	53 (65.4)
Age group (years)	≤35	261 (50.6)	224 (51.5)	37 (45.7)	0.500
	>35	255 (49.4)	211 (48.5)	44 (54.3)
Sex	Male	340 (65.9)	282 (64.8)	58 (71.6)	0.292
	Female	176 (34.1)	153 (35.2)	23 (28.4)
Type of persons with BC-PTB	New	488 (94.6)	412 (94.7)	76 (93.8)	0.955
	Previously treated	28 (5.4)	23 (5.3)	5 (6.2)
Baseline MTB load	1+	67 (21.7)	11 (17.2)	78 (20.9)	0.021
	2+	116 (37.5)	15 (23.4)	131 (35.1)
	3+	126 (40.8)	38 (59.4)	164 (44.0)
HIV infected	No	382 (74.0)	324 (74.5)	58 (71.6)	0.686
	Yes	134 (26.0)	111 (25.5)	23 (28.4)
Type of Directly Observed Therapy Short Course (DOTS)	Facility	16 (3.1)	13 (3.0)	3 (3.7)	0.726
	Community	500 (96.9)	422 (97.0)	78 (96.3)
Treatment supporter present	Yes	461 (89.3)	386 (88.7)	75 (92.6)	0.403
	No	55 (10.7)	49 (11.3)	6 (7.4)